Name Leon Carr Role Songwriter | Genres Classical music | |
Born June 10, 1910
Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States ( 1910-06-10 ) Occupation(s) Songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, conductor Died March 27, 1976, New York City, New York, United States Education New York University, Pennsylvania State University Compositions Hey There Lonely Girl, Hey There Lonely Girl, There's No Tomorrow, There's No Tomorrow, It Kills Me, It Kills Me, The Young New Mexican Puppeteer, The Young New Mexican Puppeteer, Bella Nina, Bella Nina, Clinging Vine, Clinging Vine, Your Socks Don't Match, Your Socks Don't Match, Frisco Fog, Frisco Fog, Le Ranch de mes reves, Le Ranch de mes reves, Bell Bottom Blues, Bell Bottom Blues, I'm Gonna Quit While I'm Ahead, I'm Gonna Quit While I'm Ahead Similar People Al Hoffman, Hal David, Andrea Martin | ||
Rae ellis more and more during de leon carr presents night of praise
Leon Carr (June 10, 1910 – March 27, 1976) was an American songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist and conductor, best known for his marketing jingles used in advertisements for Mounds candy ("Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut...") and Chevrolet ("See the U.S.A. In Your Chevrolet"), and the "Bert the Turtle" theme song for the nuclear public education awareness film, Duck and Cover.
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- Rae ellis more and more during de leon carr presents night of praise
- Biography
- Education
- Career
- References
Biography
Carr was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and moved to New York City in 1935.
Education
Carr was educated at Pennsylvania State University. He also studied the Schillinger System at New York University in New York City.
Career
Carr's marketing jingles are among the best known in the history of commercials. His biggest non-jingle hit was "There's No Tomorrow", a parody of "O Sole Mio", which was popularized by Tony Martin in the film Two Tickets to Broadway and spent 27 weeks on the Billboard charts in 1949, peaking at #2.
Carr's other popular-song compositions include "Bell Bottom Blues", "Hotel Happiness", "Herthquake", "Hey There Lonely Girl", "Your Socks Don't Match", "A Man Could Be a Wonderful Thing", "Goblins in the Steeple", "Big Name Button", "If You Smile at the Sun", "Skiddle-Diddle-Dee", "Should I Wait?", "Our Everlasting Love", "Another Cup of Coffee", "Most People Get Married", "Clinging Vine", "Marriage Is for Old Folks", "The Secret Life" and "Confidence".
The list of artists who have recorded Carr's songs includes a veritable who's who of popular music: Brook Benton, Teresa Brewer, Vic Damone, Roy Hamilton, Tom Jones, Dean Martin, Tony Martin, Johnny Mathis, Guy Mitchell, Patti Page, Gene Pitney, Louis Prima, Buddy Rich, Nina Simone, Mel Tormé and Bobby Vinton.
In 1938, Jimmie Lunceford's orchestra recorded Carr's instrumental composition "Frisco Fog", which prefigured Duke Ellington's celebrated 1940 "Ko-Ko".
Carr also composed the off-Broadway musical The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, based on the short story of the same name by James Thurber, which opened at New York's Players Theatre on October 26, 1964, and ran for 96 performances.